 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has complained to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the arrest by U.S. troop of five Iranian diplomats, who Washington says were helping militants in Iraq, state television reported on Saturday. "Iran officially complained, by sending a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General, about America's abduction of Iranian diplomats in Arbil," state television said.
The letter said the arrests were illegal and called for a response from the U.N. Security Council. "The Islamic Republic of Iran holds America responsible for the consequences of this act and demands the immediate release of the consulate officers," the letter read, according to the television station.
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Iran's official news agency IRNA quoted the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, as saying the Iraqi government had given assurances that the five diplomats would be released this week.
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